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The state of California is spending vast amounts of money to buy electricity. It has already shelled out more than 2-billion-dollars for scarce power on the volatile spot market. And now the state is preparing to borrow a record $10 billion to secure a reliable supply of electricity for the long-term. Scott Horsley of member station KPBS reports.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports from the Hague where the war crimes tribunal convicted three Bosnian Serbs today in a landmark prosecution of rape and sexual enslavement as crimes against humanity.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on backlash against former Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports that thousands of colleagues of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt gathered for a brief memorial service today in Charlotte, N.C.

NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports on a new study out today concluding that there's no proof that devices intended to help smokers quit actually reduce lung and heart disease or are safe to use over long periods.

For a psychiatrist, cigarettes can be a tool of therapy. Commentator Elissa Ely knows the unhealthy habit of smoking is a powerful motivation for patients in the psych ward.

The state of Massachusetts won a settlement worth more than $7 billion from tobacco companies to cover the cost of treating sick smokers. But the state has also continued to seize assets from the families of those smokers to cover the cost of Medicaid payments. Attorney Louis Massery filed a class action lawsuit against the state on behalf of the families of dead smokers, accusing the state of double-dipping. Noah Adams talks with Massery about the suit.

Actor J.P. Manoux has gotten what could be his big break on network television. He'll appear on an upcoming episode of Nash Bridges, or at least a part of him will.

Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan reviews Last Resort. Set in a London apartment building that acts as a holding station for people seeking political asylum, the film offers a gritty, realistic view of life as a refugee.

Musician, singer, composer Olu Dara. In 1998 after over 30 years in the business, he released his first solo album, Olu Dara: In the World: From Natchez to New York. During the 70s and 80s Dara played in Art Blakey's band, as well as that of advante gardist Henry Threadgill and others. His 1998 CD blended the two worlds and the two sounds that influenced him most: his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi and New York City where he lives now. Olu Dara has a new CD, Neighborhoods. (ATLANTIC) (REBROADCAST from 7